The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Infrastructure, climate change, and natural disasters were among the themes of the California governor's final address to the legislature and public. Two of his accomplishments, high-speed rail and increasing the gas tax, face uncertain futures.

January 28 - The New York Times

The complete streets movement calls for streets to be designed—or redesigned—in order to accommodate a broad range of users and uses.

January 28 - InTransition Magazine

No, technology and private industry is not ending the need for public transit, according to Jarrett Walker.

January 28 - CityLab

The North Sounder commuter rail service from Seattle to Everett could increase ridership by adding four stations in the city of Seattle.

January 28 - The Urbanist

Now that the Trump Administration has reopened the U.S. coastlines to oil and gas extraction, it's unclear whether anyone will take up the opportunity in the Pacific Northwest.

January 28 - EarthFix

A $2.3 billion extension of the CTA's Red Line would be the first extension of a Chicago's "L" line since 1993.

January 27 - Chicago Tribune

Should cities with some of the worst air pollution in the country be adding massive campuses for logistics and heavy industries?

January 27 - KVPR

Analysis from the Center for American Progress breaks down the fallout in funding and job losses to the state level, if policies proposed in the Trump Administration's infrastructure plan and its proposed budget for fiscal year 2018 are adopted.

January 27 - Center for American Progress

Autonomous vehicles replacing fixed transit may be on the minds of many in the transportation world, but that's not stopping cities from upgrading and building around their transit lines.

January 27 - Modern Cities

“It has to be one of the greatest wastes of money in any state’s history,” Alan Greenblatt writes.

January 27 - Governing

The first protectionist policies implemented by the Trump Administration, a key part of the president's campaign platform, will affect the renewable energy industry.

January 26 - New York Times

A big data dump from Trulia, supplemented by helpful analysis, helps make sense of the U.S. rental market.

January 26 - Trulia

A series of renderings by a Seattle architect shows the recently completed high-rises, along with under construction, proposed, and rumored projects. Seattle is changing, quickly.

January 26 - The Urbanist

By 2030, the world's consumption of oil will drop due to increasing electric vehicle sales, according to a report by Bank of America. Other researchers disagree on the timeframe. The report is useful for highlighting the term, "peak oil demand."

January 26 - Bloomberg News

As the Portland City Council considers the Central City 2035 plan, downtown residents, many of whom live in high-rises, are actively opposing regulations that would allow new high-rises.

January 26 - Willamette Week

Every year, all over the country (depending on El Niño and Polar Vortexes), snow covers roads and traffic patterns and snow removal equipment reveals a safer street design.

January 26 - Blueprint

"Four piers from the old eastern span of the Bay Bridge will live on as a public boardwalk and vista point in Oakland and on Yerba Buena Island," reports Erin Baldassari.

January 26 - The Mercury News

Moving the Red Hook Container Terminal is now a possibility, meaning the 100-acre site could be redeveloped.

January 26 - Crain's New York Business

Legislation moving through the Missouri State House of Representatives could add Franklin County, west of St. Louis, to the Bi-State Development Agency.

January 26 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Over 1,600 new subway cars may be ordered, a minimum of 200 with open gangways, by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The first 500 will be purchased from the Japanese company, Kawasaki, to be assembled in Yonkers and Lincoln, Nebraska.

January 26 - The New York Times